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Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Lukashenko has been President of Belarus since 1994. Before speaking today, he said that Minsk had absolutely no interest in war and that conflict could only erupt if Belarus or its close ally Russia were directly attacked, Reuters reported. .
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Lukashenko said this in an address to the people and parliament, to deputies and civil servants.
Moscow and Minsk are preparing to hold joint military exercises in Belarus, north of Ukraine, next month, which are causing concern in the West amid a gathering of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border.
The Belarusian leader said the exercises would help Minsk identify where it needs to concentrate and that Belarus needs to defend its southern border with Ukraine.
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